On December 21, San Antonio has begun to get into the Christmas spirit.
The Spurs' mascot, the Wolf, put on a Santa hat and kept interacting with fans before the game started.
The fourth stop of the Clippers' road trip, the San Antonio Spurs, is undoubtedly a tough nut for the Clippers.
From the cold Northeast to the fierce Texas, after this game, the Clippers will go to Houston.
The last stop is to play the Suns in Phoenix. These three games are obviously much more difficult than the first three.
Before the game, many fans and experts also believed that it would be difficult for the Clippers to escape from these three games, and maybe it would be a three-game losing streak.
The Spurs have declined year by year since winning the championship in 2007. They were eliminated in the first round of the Western Conference Finals in 2008 and 2009.
However, Popovich continued to tinker and move forward with Duncan, Ginobili, and Parker as the core.
With Duncan's rapid decline on the offensive end, Popovich can no longer let Duncan assume a large amount of offensive ball rights.
The whole team began to transform from a slow defensive team to an offensive team.
For this game, Min Congda felt that the two teams were almost 50-50.
The Spurs' strength is still very stable, but he is a little worried about the Spurs' interior defense.
Duncan has undoubtedly been the league's best interior defender over the past decade.
Although he didn't win the Defensive Player of the Year award, he made the first defensive team every year.
Because he is in charge, the Spurs spend three years on the inside every year, three years on the old, and another three years on the inside.
This is very similar to how the Lakers treat Kobe Bryant. If there is an absolute superstar who can combine offense and defense, then they will not care about his partners and substitutes.
Get two rookies every year, and sign two veterans with mid-level or minimum salaries, and that's pretty much it.
More resources are allocated to other positions, such as the forward.
Both teams have focused on building forwards in the past two years.
In the summer, the Spurs introduced Nets All-Star Richard Jefferson at the small forward position, which can be said to be a good reinforcement.
The Spurs just hope to strengthen the third position so that the team's firepower will be stronger and the offense will be faster.
But judging from his performance since the start of the season, Richard Jefferson's quick counterattack style is somewhat incompatible with the Spurs.
He averaged 20 points per game last season, but his scoring dropped to 12 points per game after coming to the Spurs.
His playing style is completely different from that of Bruce Bowen, who just retired.
Asking him to be a spot-up corner shooter and defensive specialist is not what Richardson is used to.
The third position is weak and the interior defense is not thick enough. It will be difficult to beat the Clippers.
But what happened after the game started was beyond Min Congda's expectation.
The Spurs beat the Clippers 33:19 in the first quarter.
Smooth offense and precise outside shooting left the Clippers unable to fight back.
Leading by as much as 14 points in one quarter was really an unexpected surprise.
"Hey, the Spurs' offense is good, so smooth. Richardson is still quite capable. He counterattacked a few times and was really fast. Not bad, keep up the good work."
After losing to the 76ers in the last game and receiving a salary of 2,000 yuan, Min Congda felt much better.
At halftime, the Spurs led the Clippers by 11 points 57:46.
In the second quarter, the Clippers slightly recovered some points, but the outside touch felt as cold as iron, preventing the Clippers from narrowing the point difference to less than 10 points.
After Curry was frozen by Holiday in the previous game, he made zero of three three-pointers in this game, showing great instability.
"Stephen has occasional outbursts, but his playing style of three-pointers and more determines his instability. One game is missing, and the other is missing. How can this bring sustained victory to the team?"
During the halftime break, Min Congda was eating popcorn on the sidelines.
The mascot Little Wild Wolf ran up to Min Congda and reached out to ask for two from Min Congda.
"Do you have a mouth? Do you want popcorn? Give it to you!"
Min Congda found the interaction with the mascots on the NBA scene very interesting.
In Staples, young fans do not have such treatment, because neither the Clippers nor the Lakers have mascots.
The most attractive thing about Staples is the two cheerleading teams. There are so many beauties in Los Angeles.
The cheerleading girls are even more beautiful and have hotter figures than the last.
Min Congda has decided to personally host the cheerleading team interviews next season.
As the general manager of the team, you have to pay attention to some details and do everything personally.
The little wild wolf took the popcorn from Min Congda and pretended to stuff it into his mouth and eat it.
Then he pulled Min Congda up from his seat. Min Congda felt strange, what do you want to do?
The little wild wolf pointed at the basket. It turned out that he wanted Min Congda to participate in the on-site shooting activity with prizes.
The NBA has this kind of shooting activity with prizes at the scene. Fans are invited to participate and shoot at midfield.
If you invest, you will get a big prize, usually a cash reward ranging from thousands to tens of thousands.
Because fans may not hit a shot every game, bonuses will accumulate.
Like Staples, the Lakers' rewards are quite generous, 5,000 per game.
If the participant misses the bet, the bet will be accumulated to the next bet, up to a maximum of $50,000.
In comparison, the Clippers are very stingy, with only 1,000 per game.
And Sterling has a record of defaulting on his debts.
This is the first time Min Congda has been invited to participate in such an event.
It seemed that the staff at the scene recognized him and deliberately invited him to participate in the event.
"How much has the bonus accumulated?"
"Twenty thousand dollars!"
When Min Congda heard this, he realized that the bonus had accumulated to 20,000?
good! It's time for me to show off my skills!
The way to get the prize is very simple, just hit a midfield shot.
Min Congda took the ball from the little wild wolf and said: "I hope this ball can bring good luck!"
Then Min Congda was in the middle line and threw hard toward the basket...
The ball flew straight to the white frame in the center of the backboard, hit the white frame and bounced into the basket!
The goal was scored!
The home court was filled with joy!
Min Congda raised his arms and hugged the little wild wolf warmly.
Just got $20,000!
Min Congda thought to himself: "Basketball is so damn simple. I don't usually play basketball, so I just throw it in. You athletes, you train every day and shoot every day, and you are still like this."
When the intermission was over, the Clippers players returned to the sideline from the locker room.
As soon as Ada said it, everyone knew that Min Congda had won an award in the midfield shooting event.
"What? Smart, you hit a midcourt shot?"
"Mr. Smart, you are really a basketball wizard."
"I may not even be able to make a shot during training."
"Gift Scorpion, how did you do that, Smart? You don't usually play ball."
Min Congda said modestly, "Luck is just luck."
Lao Deng, who has always been calm and indifferent, said to Min Congda: "Smart, you really should have played basketball when you were young. You must be a great basketball player."
Min Congda said: "I am old and useless. But you guys, look at your shooting percentage in the first half. Do you know how much your salary is per game? The average is 700,000 US dollars per game, which is quite Yu made 35 midfield shots. You didn't hit a single three-pointer in the first half, but I will still pay you in full."
"Think about it, are you worthy of this salary? Maybe in the second half, you can find a way to make up for it."
After Min Congda finished speaking, everyone fell silent.
This was the first time Mr. Smart lost his temper because the team was not playing well.
In the past, when the team lost, Smart always laughed and relaxed and never blamed.
Perhaps, their performance today was indeed too poor.
(End of chapter)
